Out of the blue, the postal person delivered a card the other day. It was from the Ventana Sierra Advanced Writing Workshop to notify me of their upcoming shop on June 6-8, 2014, in Carson City, Nevada. I appreciate getting this information, although I have no plans to attend this year. Maybe they included me in their address list as a good candidate for more education in this line of endeavor, and I can readily understand that. I would be the first one to admit that I sorely need something like this, but courses like this are usually too costly for my pocketbook.
Poets and Writers magazine contains a lot of ads for courses like this and MFA studies, all of which makes interesting reading for some folks but not me until I hit the lottery. The issue of May/June 2014 also has a guide to Free Writing contests, which would be more up my alley if only I had more time to write a short story or poem. I think later on in the year, I'll be able to devote some time for just such an enterprise as I finish my present project. I will put this item on my handy bookshelf
for now, but if you are interested in sending some work to a contest or two, this issue is your baby.
Free writing contest. I often have good intentions to try one, but, like you, have other projects in front. I have not entered one in a while, they are fun when you have the time.
ReplyDeleteThey are fun, Neil. I might try one or two later on.
ReplyDeleteOscar, I love that pen and ink of Bret Harte. It's truly inspired. Elaine Ash
ReplyDeleteThanks, Elaine!
DeleteIf you won one of the competitions, you could afford the workshop!
ReplyDeleteps there are plenty of free contests on my blog at the moment too.
I could, if I won. I don't have any time to enter the free ones, yet, but I'll take a look.
DeleteA time and place for everything, right?
ReplyDeleteYes, sir, I'm still looking for one or the other..
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